The Manor House, Hall Green Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers
Author(s): Alison Arnold, Robert Howard
Analysis of 66 measured samples from various areas in the Manor House has produced ten site chronologies, two of which, comprising 21 and 10 samples, can be dated, their 273 and 163 rings spanning the years AD 1318–1590 and AD 1107–1269 respectively. Interpretation of the sapwood on these samples indicates the Great Hall as the earliest component, its timbers having an estimated felling date of AD 1270–88, placing it slightly earlier than originally anticipated. Two timbers from the solar in the north cross-wing have an estimated felling date of AD 1412–37 with a further, slightly later, timber from the solar having an estimated felling of AD 1429–54. The projecting west bay off the Great Hall utilises timber felled in the AD1530s. The latest felling of AD 1590 is represented by a group of timbers in the gatehouse. Eight other site chronologies, accounting for 17 samples, cannot be dated, although interpretation of the sapwood would suggest that some groups represent coeval timbers. 16 measured samples remain ungrouped and undated.
- Report Number:
- 49/2009
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 70
- Keywords:
- Dendrochronology Standing Building
